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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2015 Sep 25;49(7):647–656. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.08.005

Table 1.

Sample characteristics by prenatal alcohol use history, prenatal multivitamin/mineral supplement treatment (MVM), and choline supplement treatment

Alcohol Exposure
Status
Alcohol Use Contrast Group Effects
(n=35) (n=42) (n=23) (n=19) (n=46) (n=45) (n=27) (n=18)
Measure No MVM
Treatment
MVM
Treatment
MVM
Only
MVM &
Choline
No MVM
Treatment
MVM
Treatment
MVM
Only
MVM &
Choline
Statistics and p value
Maternal Age (Yrs) 26.2
(5.2)
25.4
(6.1)
25.3
(5.9)
25.6
(6.4)
27.4
(5.3)
26.0
(4.7)
26.1
(4.1)
25.8
(5.6)
Paternal Age (Yrs) 30.5
(5.1)
30.1
(6.0)
29.8
(5.5)
30.4
(6.6)
28.6
(5.9)
27.5
(5.5)
27.3
(4.6)
27.9
(6.8)
Alc: F(1,164) = 6.2,
p < .014;
Alc > No Alc
Chol: F(1,84) = 4.3,
p < .041;
Chol > No Chol
Child’s Gender (%
Male)
37.1 40.5 47.8 31.6 60.9 61.4 59.3 64.7 Alc: χ = 8.1, p < .005;
Alc < No Alc
Marital Status
(% with partner)
91.4 85.7 91.3 78.9 93.5 97.7 96.3 100
Parity-Number of
Children
.40
(.70)
.60
(.94)
.57
(.84)
.63
(1.1)
1.1
(1.6)
.84
(1.0)
.96
(1.1)
.65
(.79)
Alc: F(1,164) = 7.0,
p < .009;
Alc < No Alc
Maternal
Education (years)
13.1
(2.2)
12.9
(2.6)
13.0
(2.3)
12.7
(2.9)
14.6
(1.8)
13.9
(2.3)
14.0
(2.5)
13.8
(2.0)
Alc: F(1,164) = 13.4,
p < .000;
Alc < No Alc
Chol: F(1,84) = 4.0,
p < .049;
Chol < No Chol
Social Class1 34.9
(10.3)
33.1
(9.6)
32.9
(8.5)
33.4
(11.0)
38.5
(10.3)
36.6
(10.6)
35.9
(12.0)
37..8
(8.1)
Alc: F(1,164) = 5.3,
p < .022
Alc < No Alc
Gestational Age at
Enrollment
(Weeks)
20.9
(6.3)
18.9
(6.8)
18.7
(6.7)
19.1
(7.1)
19.2
(6.2)
17.4
(6.3)
18.5
(7.3)
15.7
(4.0)
Adjusted Age at
Assessment (days)
192.4
(31.0)
204.5
(41.7)
209.3
(42.1)
198.6
(41.6)
200.3
(38.8)
203.3
(34.2)
209.0
(35.5)
194.8
(31.2)
Birthweight
(grams)
3088.6
(534)
3343.9
(516)
3402.3
(474)
3276.3
(566)
3300.4
(460)
3545.2
(404)
3611.5
(431)
3440
(344)
Alc: F(1,16) = 6.4,
p < .012;
Alc < No Alc
Chol: F(1,84) = 4.0,
p < .048;
Chol < No Chol
MVM: F(1,164) = 10.1,
p < .002;
MVM > No MVM
Birth Length (cm) 50.4
(3.2)
51.8
(3.0)
52.1
(2.9)
51.4
(3.2)
51.4
(2.4)
52.3
(2.0)
52.7
(2.1)
51.8
(1.9)
MVM: F(1,164) = 7.0,
p < .009;
MVM > No MVM
Birth Head
Circumference
(cm)
33.6
(1.7)
34.1
(1.6)
34.4
(1.2)
33.8
(1.9)
33.9
(1.7)
34.8
(1.3)
35.0
(1.4)
34.4
(1.0)
MVM: F(1,164) = 7.8,
p < .006;
MVM > No MVM
Preconception
AA/day-Mean (Oz)
.52
(.31)
.72
(.62)
.69
(.60)
.76
(.66)
.004
(.02)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Alc: F(1,164) = 130.2,
p < .000;
Alc > No Alc
Preconception
AA/drinking day
(Oz)
1.77
(1.2)
1.63
(.90)
1.65
(.91)
1.60
(.91)
.034
(.16)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Alc: F(1,164) = 233.2,
p < .000;
Alc > No Alc
Trimester 1
AA/day-Mean (Oz)
.018
(.045)
.030
(.054)
.025
(.042)
.035
(.067)
0
0
.00
(.001)
0
0
.00
(.001)
Alc: F(1,164) = 20.7,
p < .000;
Alc > No Alc
Trimester 1 AA/
drinking day (Oz)
.153
(.36)
.206
(.34)
.180
(.311)
.238
(.370)
0
0
.002
(.012)
0
0
.004
(.02)
Alc: F(1,164) = 24.2,
p < .000;
Alc > No Alc
Cigarettes/Day at
Enrollment
1.2
(2.5)
2.2
(4.5)
3.1
(5.7)
1.0
(2.0)
.60
(3.0)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Alc: F(1,134) = 8.3,
p < .005;
Alc > No Alc
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Hollingshead Scale (Hollingshead, 2011) includes measures of educational attainment and occupation.